1 Corinthians 16:13

Final Challenge and Blessing

16:13 Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong.

1 Corinthians 15:2

15:2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you – unless you believed in vain.

1 Corinthians 7:37

7:37 But the man who is firm in his commitment, and is under no necessity but has control over his will, and has decided in his own mind to keep his own virgin, does well.

1 Corinthians 10:12

10:12 So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall.

1 Corinthians 15:58

15:58 So then, dear brothers and sisters, ¹  be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

1 Corinthians 11:2

Women’s Head Coverings

11:2 I praise you ²  because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I passed them on to you.

[15:58]  ¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:10.

[11:2]  ¹ tc The Western and Byzantine texts, as well as one or two Alexandrian mss (D F G Ψ 33 Ï latt sy), combine in reading ἀδελφοί (adelfoi, “brothers”) here, while the Alexandrian witnesses (Ì⁴⁶ א A B C P 81 630 1175 1739 1881 2464 co) largely lack the address. The addition of ἀδελφοί is apparently a motivated reading, however, for scribes would have naturally wanted to add it to ἐπαινῶ δὲ ὑμᾶς (epainw de Juma", “now I praise you”), especially as this begins a new section. On the other hand, it is difficult to explain how the shorter reading could have arisen from the longer one. Thus, on both internal and external grounds, the shorter reading is strongly preferred.